Higher Education ConferenceHigher Education Conferenceonon

Enrollment ManagementEnrollment Management

February 29, 2008

USING DATA TOUSING DATA TOPROMOTE STUDENT PROMOTE STUDENT

SUCCESSSUCCESS

Presented by thePresented by the

ROSE STATE COLLEGE TEAMROSE STATE COLLEGE TEAM::Dr. Jeanie Webb, Vice President for Student AffairsDr. Jeanie Webb, Vice President for Student Affairs

Isabelle Billen, Director of Information Isabelle Billen, Director of Information Systems/Institutional ResearchSystems/Institutional Research

Lisa Kerr, Director of Student Success/Retention Lisa Kerr, Director of Student Success/Retention InitiativesInitiatives

Linda Tucker, Math Coordinator and Interim Linda Tucker, Math Coordinator and Interim Associate Dean of Engineering ScienceAssociate Dean of Engineering Science

Facilitated by Michelle Nutter, Student Affairs Specialist

Achieving the DreamAchieving the Dream

• A multi-year national initiative to help more community college students succeed.

• Many students leave college without meeting their educational goals.– Of the community college students who seek an

associate or higher, 45% earn an associate or a bachelor’s degree or transfer to a four-year institution within six years.

– Of the students enrolled in a certificate program, 41% achieve that goal, earn a degree or transfer to a four-year institution within six years.

Fewer than half of community college students meet their educational goals.

Even more alarming is that number is less among

minority and other underserved student

populations.

Achievement GapsAchievement Gaps

• Particularly concerned about student groups that traditionally have faced significant barriers to success, including minority students and low-income students.

• Participating colleges enroll high percentages of low-income students and minority students, who are less likely to attain their educational goals.

Barriers to SuccessBarriers to Success

• Single head of household• Low socioeconomic status• Minority group status• Low educational attainment of parents• Disabilities• Psychosocial factors• Gender• Limited English proficiency

Achieving the Dream InstitutionsAchieving the Dream Institutions• Currently, there are 83 institutions in 15 states

participating in this initiative.• There were four acceptance rounds.– In 2004, Round 1 concluded with 26 institutions in the

program.– In 2005, Round 2 saw the addition of 8 more colleges.– In 2006, Round 3 accepted 23 more college.– In 2007, Round 4 finished with an additional 26

colleges.• The Oklahoma partnership was accepted in

Round 4.

Achieving the Dream InstitutionsAchieving the Dream Institutions

Oklahoma PartnershipOklahoma Partnership

• Selected to participate in the partnership with the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education:– Oklahoma City Community College– Rose State College– Tulsa Community College

• Colleges that best fit the goals of the initiative, representing urban community colleges in Oklahoma.

ACADEMIC PROGRAMSACADEMIC PROGRAMS

Summer Bridge ProgramLearning Community

Summer Bridge ProgramSummer Bridge Program

• 6 week program to refresh academic skills in the areas of English, Reading and Math

• Designed to help students place into a higher level class after refreshing skills

• Day and evening classes available• Designed to accommodate 100 students

Achievements Achievements

• 65 students completed course in 2007 (87 %)• 65 students tested out of 72 classes• 81% raised their Math scores, 69% raised their

English scores and 49% raised their Reading scores

• Fall 2007 – these students enrolled in 241 classes for a total of 688 credit classes

ChangesChanges

• Restructure the Bridge to attract more students

• Offer at different times – not just summer

Learning CommunityLearning Community

• Designed for students in Math, English or Reading developmental classes

• Students must also be STSR course (Educational Planning Course)

• Additional 1 hour study session required with all instructors present.

Achieving the DreamAchieving the Dreamat Rose State Collegeat Rose State College

Forward ProgressForward Progress

• Kickoff institute was held in June in Dallas

• Assigned a coach and a data facilitator

• Coach and Data facilitator visited our campus at the beginning to get us started

Data TeamData Team

• Formed a data team of 7 members, one from each of these areas:– Faculty– Student Financial aid– Business Affairs– Student Affairs– Grants and Contracts– I.T. Services– Institutional Research

• Data team charge: – Send a file to JBL of our first time students– examine our data to determine our area of

greatest need and where we can make the greatest positive impact on our students’ success

• Began meeting every 2 weeks for approximately 1 ½ hours

• Started with currently available data reports

• Focused on the courses that had high enrollments and high failure rates (50% or more with failing grades, D,F,W)

• The classes that fell in this category – Developmental courses– College Accounting class– Intro. To Chemistry

• Drilled down into the enrollments in the gatekeeper courses– Looked at students by demographics (age, sex,

race) – Utilized SPSS, phone interviews and personal

interviews

General FindingsGeneral Findings

• Correlation between race and success rates• Not a significant relationship between gender

and success rates• Strong, positive correlation between students

taking evening courses and success rates

• Report findings to our Core team and begin to develop strategies

• The data team will assist with evaluating the results of the strategies

• Based upon the data previously discussed Rose State College is developing institutional strategies designed to:– increase retention and success rates among

students in gateway courses.– increase graduation rates among students who

begin their post-secondary academic programs in developmental courses.

Determining Strategies

• Data informed• Literature• Colleagues• Coaches• 2008 Achieving the Dream Strategies Institute• Rose State College Community

Data Informed

• Data results serve to inform the Rose State College Achieving the Dream team through the process of discerning the strategies.

Literature• Literature review was conducted to identify

strategies and programs proven effective for increasing retention among community college students in developmental and other gateway courses

Colleagues

• Conversations transpired with colleagues engaged in similar processes, and others in earlier Achieving the Dream cohorts.

Coach & Facilitator• Consultations via campus visits, emails, and

phone with Achieving the Dream Coach and Data Facilitator.

2008 Strategies Institute

• Four members of the Rose State College Core Team attended the 2008 Strategies Institute.

• Additional discussion regarding relevant strategies, processes, and “tricks of the trade.”

• Lasted national data, trends, challenges, and successes with strategy implimentation.

Rose State College Community

• Current process is gathering perspectives from members of the Rose State College Community regarding potential strategies.

• Critical conversations are transpiring relative to – developmental education policies and enrollment patterns – coordination of support services– institutionalization of success support services– faculty, staff, students

Strategies… in process

Rose State College is developing realistic strategies that will coordinate institutionalized student success services such that all students, especially students enrolled in identified gateway courses, are supported to succeed academically, personally and professionally through graduation.

Closing RemarksClosing Remarks

Ultimate goal of the Achieving the Dream Initiative is to increase student success which directly correlates to increasing graduation and retention rates.

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